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any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states, shall be then henceforth and forever free. >> the document was transferred from the state department to the national archives back in 1936. it's so fragile that it can be displayed only a few days out of the year. one of the most important documents in our history. i'll be back later tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern. i'm filling in for piers morgan later tonight. we're watching what's happening in the u.s. house of representatives. deal or no deal? we don't know right now. the stakes, though, are enormous. "outfront" starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm ali velshi in for erin burnett. breaking news. derailing the deal. could a revolt by house republicans kill the fiscal cliff deal passed by the senate at 2:00 a.m. this morning? two hours after america went over the cliff. the gop caucus just met to try and figure out its next move. cnn has learned that house speaker john boehner put two options on the table. amend the senate bill with a package of spending cuts, or bring up the s
any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states, shall be then henceforth and forever free. >> the document was transferred from the state department to the national archives back in 1936. it's so fragile that it can be displayed only a few days out of the year. one of the most important documents in our history. i'll be back later tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern. i'm filling in for piers morgan later tonight. we're watching...
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what we went through 500 days ago, that was a dangerous precedent for the united states and he wants to send the message that will be delinked going forward. we cannot proceed in that way any further. >> roland? >> if owe go back to what happened last time they were late in the game using president ronald reagan's own words when it came to the debt ceiling. what the president has done with the fiscal cliff said no we're only dealing with taxes. with the debt ceiling he says we're only dealing with the debt ceiling. if you want to debate when it comes to cuts we'll deal with that when it comes to sequestration. that 60 day pushing out that's what he has done. the republicans want spending cuts to be a part of fiscal cliff and debt ceiling and sequestration he is saying no, put it in one area. it's a smart tactical move. we'll see if he can keep them at bay. >> president obama when he was senator obama voted against raising the debt limit as well. they use the limited leverage they have and barack obama recognized that in the past and thinks that should be taken off the table. that's f
what we went through 500 days ago, that was a dangerous precedent for the united states and he wants to send the message that will be delinked going forward. we cannot proceed in that way any further. >> roland? >> if owe go back to what happened last time they were late in the game using president ronald reagan's own words when it came to the debt ceiling. what the president has done with the fiscal cliff said no we're only dealing with taxes. with the debt ceiling he says we're...
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if congress refuses to give the united states government the ability to pay these bills on time, the consequences for the entire global economy would be catastrophic, far worse than the impact of a fiscal cliff. people will remember back in 2011 the last time this course of action was threatened, our entire recovery was put at risk. consumer confidence plunged, business investment plunged, growth dropped. we can't go down that path again. and today's agreement enshrines, i think, a principle into law that will remain in place as long as i am president. the deficit needs to be reduced in way that's balanced. everyone pays their fair share. everyone does their part. that's how our economy works best. that's hough we grow. the sum total of all the budget agreements we've reached so far proves that there is a path forward that, it is possible if we focus not on our politics but what's -- but on what's right for the country. and the one thing that i think hopefully in the new year we'll focus on is seeing if we can put a package like this together with a little bit less drama, a little bi
if congress refuses to give the united states government the ability to pay these bills on time, the consequences for the entire global economy would be catastrophic, far worse than the impact of a fiscal cliff. people will remember back in 2011 the last time this course of action was threatened, our entire recovery was put at risk. consumer confidence plunged, business investment plunged, growth dropped. we can't go down that path again. and today's agreement enshrines, i think, a principle...
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meanwhile, we're getting ready to celebrate in the united states as well. for now, there's breaking news we're covering. the united states of america is getting ready to go over the fiscal cliff even though it's got a deal maybe close in hand. i'm wolf blitzer. i'm reporting in washington. >> lawmakers and vice president biden struggling all day on a deal, but no final vote. at least so far. we'll get the latest from the hill and show what this means for you and your taxes starting tomorrow. >> ali is going to be with us for the next hour or two or three. who knows. we're also watching a very serious health scare for the secretary of state, hillary clinton. she's now hospitalized with a blood clot. doctors are revealing where it is. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. >>> we'll get to the fiscal cliff negotiations. there's movement right now, but first, startling new information we're learning about the blood clot that landed secretary of state hillary clinton in the hospital this new year's eve. her doctor is now revea
meanwhile, we're getting ready to celebrate in the united states as well. for now, there's breaking news we're covering. the united states of america is getting ready to go over the fiscal cliff even though it's got a deal maybe close in hand. i'm wolf blitzer. i'm reporting in washington. >> lawmakers and vice president biden struggling all day on a deal, but no final vote. at least so far. we'll get the latest from the hill and show what this means for you and your taxes starting...
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today, asking you, should the united states intervene in mali? a majority of people say no. >>> the faa still hasn't determined what's causing electrical problems on boeing 787 dreamliner, telling reporters they're still evaluating the idea. the ntsb says the battery pulled from a dreamliner showed signs of thermal damage. michael boyd tells us he's never seen an investigation like this. he says the faa has egg all over its face. >>> it's been 538 days since the country lost its top credit r e rating. what are we going to get back? the imf says the economy will grow by 2% and the u.s. needs to work on entitlement reform. >>> our fourth story, women on the front line. a ground breaking decision from the pentagon. cnn has learned that defense secretary leon panetta will announce a lift on the ban against women serving in combat positions. this is pretty incredible. this move could open up 230,000 front line jobs to women in the military. "outfront" tonight, rosa brooks, a columnist for foreign policy and has worked in the pentagon under the obama a
today, asking you, should the united states intervene in mali? a majority of people say no. >>> the faa still hasn't determined what's causing electrical problems on boeing 787 dreamliner, telling reporters they're still evaluating the idea. the ntsb says the battery pulled from a dreamliner showed signs of thermal damage. michael boyd tells us he's never seen an investigation like this. he says the faa has egg all over its face. >>> it's been 538 days since the country lost...
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she tends to wear bright colors. >>> it has been 517 days since the united states lost its top credit rating. a despite dodging the cliff technically, the problem deficits increase with the deal and moody's reiterated today a downgrade from this is on horizon if congress does not come up with a long-term debt reduction plan. and that brings us to our fourth story "outfront," speaker in the hot seat. a message loud and clear to john boehner this week, do not take your party's support for granted. 151 republicans, 151, broke ranks with boehner and voted against the fiscal cliff deal. those republicans include some very powerful figures. eric cantor, kevin mccarthy, second and third highest ranking republicans in the house among them. a new congress is sworn in tomorrow, so boehner facing a crucial vote. will there be a revolt against him or despite some very public failures and the fact he wasn't even at the center of this whole debt deal itself, will he just sail into the speakership any way? this is a pretty, you know, amazing story. there's been a real repudiation, but how is this vo
she tends to wear bright colors. >>> it has been 517 days since the united states lost its top credit rating. a despite dodging the cliff technically, the problem deficits increase with the deal and moody's reiterated today a downgrade from this is on horizon if congress does not come up with a long-term debt reduction plan. and that brings us to our fourth story "outfront," speaker in the hot seat. a message loud and clear to john boehner this week, do not take your party's...
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earlier today, the poll today asking you, should the united states intervene in mali. the latest results. so a majority of people say no. >>> the faa still hasn't determined what's causing electrical problems on boeing 787 dreamliner, telling reporters they're still evaluating the idea. the national transportation safety board, meanwhile, says the battery pulled from a dream liner showed signs of thermal damage. ntsb's michael boyd tells us he's never seen an investigation like this. where the faa says a plane is safe and then grounds it. he says the faa has egg all over its face. >>> it's been 538 days since the country lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? the imf says the economy will grow by 2% this year but, you know what, that's not really very good, and the u.s. needs to work on entitlement reform. >>> our next story "outfront. "women on the front line. a ground-breaking decision from the pentagon. cnn has learned that defense secretary leon panetta will announce a lift on the ban against women serving in combat positions. this is pretty
earlier today, the poll today asking you, should the united states intervene in mali. the latest results. so a majority of people say no. >>> the faa still hasn't determined what's causing electrical problems on boeing 787 dreamliner, telling reporters they're still evaluating the idea. the national transportation safety board, meanwhile, says the battery pulled from a dream liner showed signs of thermal damage. ntsb's michael boyd tells us he's never seen an investigation like this....
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a potentially major change to gun laws in the united states. a maryland task force on guns and the mentally ill, here it is, it's a pretty interesting report, recommends that police should have the right to con phys case firearms from anyone who is deemed to be, quote, a threat to self or others. tonight, charles sophie and paul callan, who also represents psychiatrists in medical malpractice cases. so reading through this task force series of recommendations, they say, look, the biggest indicator that someone could be a problem to public safety or a threat would be if they make a threat. what this law would do is, it would put in law enforcement's hands the idea of deciding whether you're mentally ill or not. and then making a determination as to wether or not your weapons would be seized. under current law, if you are a threat to me, i can have you arrested now. you don't need a new law to do that. as a matter of fact, the law requires a psychiatrist to turn you in. as i'm sure dr. sophie will agree with me. >> all right, so dr. sophie, let m
a potentially major change to gun laws in the united states. a maryland task force on guns and the mentally ill, here it is, it's a pretty interesting report, recommends that police should have the right to con phys case firearms from anyone who is deemed to be, quote, a threat to self or others. tonight, charles sophie and paul callan, who also represents psychiatrists in medical malpractice cases. so reading through this task force series of recommendations, they say, look, the biggest...
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he says that unit killed the former iranian prime minister, assassinated in paris in 1991. but guret says now those operations have shifted to the feared quds force, the shadowy iranian military unit that's part of the revolutionary guard. what's the military of intelligence's biggest job now? >> they're primarily used as an instrument of oppression, they know how to hurt people. >> reporter: the report also says the quds force is inside syria, backing president bashar al assad's forces. separate from the report, congressman peter king, chairman of the homeland security committee, has said that iran runs spies out of its mission to the u.n. and here at the iranian intrasection in washington. king made those comments after a plot was revealed to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. the iranian-american who pleaded guilty in that case said he'd worked with iranian military people to formulate the plot. in the wake of that, king called for strong retaliation against iranian diplomats in the u.s. >> we, to me, should get rid of either all of them or most of them an
he says that unit killed the former iranian prime minister, assassinated in paris in 1991. but guret says now those operations have shifted to the feared quds force, the shadowy iranian military unit that's part of the revolutionary guard. what's the military of intelligence's biggest job now? >> they're primarily used as an instrument of oppression, they know how to hurt people. >> reporter: the report also says the quds force is inside syria, backing president bashar al assad's...
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it is crucial to the united states. when we weren't given immunity in iraq, the united states withdrew completely. since then, al qaeda violence has risen. what's he doing when he says, i'll go to the afghan people and i'll put forth your immunity question? he has known this is crucial for a very long time. him saying that today, what's he saying to the president? >> well, what he is saying is that he is being -- the perception on the american side is that he is being slippery as he so often is. the perception is that hamid karzai's government has a tremendous amount of corruption and not a tremendous amount of legitimacy with the american people. that has made him a very weak partner. he is a terrible partner for the americans to work with. a lot of americans are saying, we have to throw up our hands. we don't have a reliable partner in kabul. >> it is very simple. he is still the president of that country. we have to work with what we have. also, the administration officials say in that meeting, there were a number of
it is crucial to the united states. when we weren't given immunity in iraq, the united states withdrew completely. since then, al qaeda violence has risen. what's he doing when he says, i'll go to the afghan people and i'll put forth your immunity question? he has known this is crucial for a very long time. him saying that today, what's he saying to the president? >> well, what he is saying is that he is being -- the perception on the american side is that he is being slippery as he so...
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and credit of the united states, with ee going to default on our debt. republicans playeding this card once before in december 2011. it was very dangerous then. our debt was downgraded. it is very dangerous now. >> right. and, of course, the problem is doug, i know you're probably more sympathetic but the reality is the money that's being raised to pay is money that's been borrowed and promised. it is the full faith and credit of the u.s. government. >> yeah. i think that's right. let's put the rhetoric aside and recognize that there is no fight about raising the debt ceiling. that's not in question. there isn't even really a fight about the need to control spending. anyone's who's in touch with the debt and budgetary spending knows that. that it would be a disservice not to fix those programs vanld them fall apart underneath their beneficiaries. the only real feet about is it. it's a legitimate one. it seems to me the best thing would be to get ahead of that and start work on those disagreements and that can happen one of two ways. the president could p
and credit of the united states, with ee going to default on our debt. republicans playeding this card once before in december 2011. it was very dangerous then. our debt was downgraded. it is very dangerous now. >> right. and, of course, the problem is doug, i know you're probably more sympathetic but the reality is the money that's being raised to pay is money that's been borrowed and promised. it is the full faith and credit of the u.s. government. >> yeah. i think that's right....
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in the united states like india, people still blame the victim. i was thinking of the todd akin comment, his quote, i'll read it again for those of you who forgot it, if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> this is again all about the idea that there's something about this, that's about sex. it isn't. this is about power, this is about violence towards women. violence towards people who are in general weaker than you. you know, it's very important that people understand that. in the united states, as you point out, we -- rape is underreported, but it's vastly more underreported in india. my guess is if you were to take the actual numbers, the united states wouldn't be quite as far ahead as it is, but it's shocking that the united states is even, you know, within the top ten. >> right, where you have women who are earning as much as men and women with careers, you have all of these things here and you still have that statistic. in terms of women's rights, they record the gap is 105th out of 135 c
in the united states like india, people still blame the victim. i was thinking of the todd akin comment, his quote, i'll read it again for those of you who forgot it, if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> this is again all about the idea that there's something about this, that's about sex. it isn't. this is about power, this is about violence towards women. violence towards people who are in general weaker than you. you know, it's...
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and you have news, tonight, on what the united states is going to do in malmali. they told us at the beginning of the week, we're going to be involved, we don't know how. you now have some answers. >> last night, this was just under consideration. today we have learned through sources that the u.s. has agreed to help the french in their assault on al qaeda in mali. basically the u.s. is going to be providing airlift. and i'm told through defense officials the u.s. could be helping to bring an entire french mechanized infantry battalion into mali. that would involve maybe 30 trips of big cargo flights, bringing weapons, troops, and heavy vehicles into the fight in mali. we're told at this point, it looks like the airport there is not equipped to handle such a big airlift. there's a lot of other planes and flights tying up the runway, so to speak. so it may be that these flights land in neighboring countries. but regardless of whether that airport clears up and where they land, these flights will have u.s. military security forces, but they're only there to protect
and you have news, tonight, on what the united states is going to do in malmali. they told us at the beginning of the week, we're going to be involved, we don't know how. you now have some answers. >> last night, this was just under consideration. today we have learned through sources that the u.s. has agreed to help the french in their assault on al qaeda in mali. basically the u.s. is going to be providing airlift. and i'm told through defense officials the u.s. could be helping to...
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and credit of the united states. we're going to default on our debt. republicans played this card once before, remember, in december of 2011. it was -- it was very dangerous then. our debt was downgraded. it is very dangerous now. >> right. and, of course, the problem is, doug holtz-eakin, i know you're probably more sympathetic to the republican side, but the reality of it is is the money that the debt ceiling is being raised to pay is money that's already been borrowed and promised. i mean it is the full faith and credit of the u.s. government. >> yeah. i think that's right. let's put the rhetoric aside and recognize that there is no fight about raising the debt ceiling. that's not in question. and there isn't even really a fight about the need to control spending. anyone's who's in touch with the debt and the budgetary dynamics knows that we have to control spending, in particular, the entitlement programs, that it would be a disservice not to fix those programs and have them fall apart underneath their beneficiar
and credit of the united states. we're going to default on our debt. republicans played this card once before, remember, in december of 2011. it was -- it was very dangerous then. our debt was downgraded. it is very dangerous now. >> right. and, of course, the problem is, doug holtz-eakin, i know you're probably more sympathetic to the republican side, but the reality of it is is the money that the debt ceiling is being raised to pay is money that's already been borrowed and promised. i...
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they're the children of the president of the united states. and i think it is fair to assume that in many ways those children are at higher risk than other children in this country. they are targets of kidnapping and other things. there's a reason they have that security. >> absolutely. i mean, that's why the ad doesn't pass the common sense test, there's a fundamental difference that everyone understands. if a democratic activist group had mentioned president bush's daughters in that context and questioned their getting security contributors thought of been outraged rightly. >> you talked about if the tables were turned. let me turn them. it's not children in this ad. hogan, i don't know if you've seen it. we played it last night. >> i have. >> it's a shocking ad. this is a liberal pro-obama coalition to stop gun violence, it's an ad they ran against a democratic congressman who supports guns. john barrow. he's from georgia. here's the ad attacking him. >> i'm john barrow. >> breaking news now. >> there's been a shooting a the a school. >> lo
they're the children of the president of the united states. and i think it is fair to assume that in many ways those children are at higher risk than other children in this country. they are targets of kidnapping and other things. there's a reason they have that security. >> absolutely. i mean, that's why the ad doesn't pass the common sense test, there's a fundamental difference that everyone understands. if a democratic activist group had mentioned president bush's daughters in that...
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but a vast majority of guns that kill people in the united states are handguns. the same kind of gun that the regular american uses to protect his house. so you try to make a law that doesn't disarm law-abiding citizens, but does disarm criminals, that's an impossible task. there are not two different groups of guns. >> yesterday, the department of justice said that 80% of the inmates who use guns in the crimes that put them in jail got them illegally -- legally. so we're not enforcing a lot of the laws. but, tim, let me ask you about what the nra said today. they released a statement after the meeting with joe biden saying, "we were disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the second amendment." that doesn't sound like a very conciliatory, trying-to-work-together comment. >> and i don't think there is going to be a lot of common ground there. i happen to disagree with a lot of what the nra said when it came to putting armed guards or when it came to, you know, blaming ho
but a vast majority of guns that kill people in the united states are handguns. the same kind of gun that the regular american uses to protect his house. so you try to make a law that doesn't disarm law-abiding citizens, but does disarm criminals, that's an impossible task. there are not two different groups of guns. >> yesterday, the department of justice said that 80% of the inmates who use guns in the crimes that put them in jail got them illegally -- legally. so we're not enforcing a...